Another reason Illinois is broke... (Chicago, Naperville: unemployment, contractor, calculating)

[James Bond 007]

It even gets better when you get to school district employees. Can somebody please tell me why Illinois is any different than this?

Databank | Kansas OpenGov

Year USD# District First Name Last Name Position Total Pay
2016 233 Olathe Marlin Berry Superintendent $321,945
2016 512 Shawnee Mission Jim Hinson Superintendent $276,413
2016 229 Blue Valley Boyd Alan Hanna Interim Supt $273,051
2016 259 Wichita John R Allison Superintendent $264,148
2016 512 Shawnee Mission Kenneth Southwick Deputy Superintendent $228,889
2016 500 Kansas City Cynthia Lane Adm Supt $224,086
2016 229 Blue Valley Todd Edward White A/Supt Admin Se $213,576
2016 385 Andover Gregory K Rasmussen District Administration $204,922
2016 512 Shawnee Mission Douglas Sumner Assistant Superintendent - HR $197,416
2016 512 Shawnee Mission Richard Atha Asst Supt for Instruct Support $189,856
2016 229 Blue Valley Sue Anne Dole Depty Supt-Ad S $189,178
2016 253 Emporia M Theresa Davidson Superintendent Of Schools $186,778
2016 512 Shawnee Mission Michelle Hubbard Asst Supt for Instr Leadership $186,331
2016 233 Olathe Alison K Banikowski Deputy Supt $186,111
2016 229 Blue Valley Michael R Slagle Deputy Supt $184,686
2016 305 Salina William Hall Superintendent $184,627
2016 501 Topeka Julia A Ford Superintendent $178,000
2016 233 Olathe John W Hutchison Chief Financial Officer $176,972
2016 497 Lawrence Richard Doll Superintendent Of Schools $173,716
2016 229 Blue Valley Tonya Marie Merrigan A/Supt Ad Serv $171,506
2016 457 Garden City Steven Karlin Superintendent $170,518
2016 261 Haysville John K Burke Superintendent $168,889
2016 512 Shawnee Mission Edwin Streich Chief Academic Officer $168,699
2016 383 Manhattan-Ogden Robert Shannon Superintendent $165,089
2016 443 Dodge City Alan Cunningham Administrators $162,280
2016 229 Blue Valley Jenni L Newell Exec Dir Bus/Fi $161,945
2016 500 Kansas City Kelli Mather Adm Finance $161,927
2016 500 Kansas City Robert Strickland Adm Asupt $157,960
2016 500 Kansas City Marcella Clay Adm Asupt $156,906
2016 457 Garden City Karen Johnson Asst Superintendent $156,553
2016 260 Derby Craig Wilford Superintendent of Schools $156,316
2016 512 Shawnee Mission Christina Ziegler Asst Supt for C & Assessment $155,476
2016 308 Hutchinson Shellaine L Kiblinger Superintendent $153,707
2016 259 Wichita Thomas R Powell General Counsel $152,919
2016 229 Blue Valley Mary Sue Denny Ex Dir-Sch Admn $151,862
2016 512 Shawnee Mission Leigh Neal Asst Supt of Communications $150,792
2016 229 Blue Valley Scott M Bacon Bvh Principal $149,313
2016 229 Blue Valley Robert G Kreifels E/Dir Hr Cert $148,893
2016 229 Blue Valley Amy M Murphy Bvnw Principal $148,681
2016 500 Kansas City Connie Brand Adm Dir $147,896
2016 489 Hays Dean D Katt Administrator $147,456
2016 229 Blue Valley William A Lake Ex Dir-Sch Admn $147,343
2016 501 Topeka Larry D Robbins Deputy Superintendent Operatio $147,200
2016 229 Blue Valley Mark Randall Schmidt Ex Dir-Studt Sv $146,643
2016 512 Shawnee Mission John Douglass Director of Emergency Svcs $146,263
2016 512 Shawnee Mission Andrew Lane Director of Info & Comm Techno $146,263
2016 512 Shawnee Mission Robert Robinson Dir of Facilities & Suprt Svc $146,263
2016 500 Kansas City Mary Viveros Adm Exe $146,211
2016 233 Olathe Gwen L Poss Principal $143,535
2016 259 Wichita Denise D Seguine Assistant Superintendent $142,705
2016 229 Blue Valley Joseph M Yoakum Dir-Network Sys $142,283
2016 250 Pittsburg Destry Brown Superintendent $142,158
2016 229 Blue Valley Scott Alan Roberts Bvsw Principal $141,860
2016 259 Wichita Catherine A Sweeney Chief Information Officer $141,798
2016 501 Topeka Tammy L Austin Asst Superintendent Tch Lrn Ad $141,500
2016 260 Derby Thomas Snodgrass Director of Operations $141,331
2016 233 Olathe Rita Lyon Exec Director Technology $140,756
2016 229 Blue Valley Corey E Mohn Caps Exec Dir $140,368
2016 233 Olathe Erin P Dugan Asst Superintendent $140,271
2016 259 Wichita Alicia L Thompson Assistant Superintendent $140,207

Here you have to go to page 21 before you start hitting sub-$100K salaries.

[James Bond 007]

Now, just for the amusement value I searched for the state of Missouri. Missouri these days is almost as conservative as Kansas, so once again you can hardly complain that some greedy unions and overly-generous liberal tax-stealing legislators trying to rip off taxpayers are responsible for such prolificacy!

And no, clearly the governor is not the most highly-paid state employee. Not even close, actually.

http://php.news-leader.com/DBTools/S...y=+Salary+DESC
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I counted 80 state employees (most of them college professors) who make over $200K!! And that's just state government.

Once again, can somebody please tell me why Illinois is any different than Kansas and Missouri?

[Berteau]

Originally Posted by James Bond 007

Here we go - this is Kansas:
Databank | Kansas OpenGov

And so on, and so forth. You have to go to page 17 before you get to sub-$100K salaries. And those are JUST county employee salaries. Here are some city employee salaries:
Databank | Kansas OpenGov

Here you have to go to page 22 to get sub-$100K salaries.

And this is Kansas, which can hardly be accused of being some liberal, union-loving, wage-overpaying stronghold. There is absolutely nothing different about these compared to Illinois.

Go browse to your heart's content here:
Databank | Kansas OpenGov

So as I originally said, this is much ado about nothing. People ranting about something with no idea what they're talking about.

That's interesting. I was under the impression it was just chicago. I find it hard to believe that the other categories of jobs like superintendent aren't grossly overpaid compared to other states.

[Liledgy]

I hear crickets

[Liledgy]

Originally Posted by James Bond 007

Now, just for the amusement value I searched for the state of Missouri. Missouri these days is almost as conservative as Kansas, so once again you can hardly complain that some greedy unions and overly-generous liberal tax-stealing legislators trying to rip off taxpayers are responsible for such prolificacy!

And no, clearly the governor is not the most highly-paid state employee. Not even close, actually.

http://php.news-leader.com/DBTools/S...y=+Salary+DESC
^
I counted 80 state employees (most of them college professors) who make over $200K!! And that's just state government.

Once again, can somebody please tell me why Illinois is any different than Kansas and Missouri?

No James, it's the unions fault. lol

[MassVt]

Kansas----a backward, broke mess of a state. One of the potential gubernatorial candidates, Kris Kobach, was just fined $1000K for making misleading statements about voter registration. He has a long track record of voter suppression, too. I guess those things only happen in Chicago, though..hmmm

[Slats Grobnick]

Originally Posted by chet everett

I wonder if Mr. Union YES is going to come to the defense of his "brethren"?

Paging Lil'Edgy...

And let's not forget that unlike legitimate trade unions that have members pay into the pension funds based on wages earned the corrupt unions covering state employees have the most obscenely lopsided formula that ends up leaving the state will literally hundreds of billions short of funds needed to pay out benefits...

Most of the examples given are not union jobs but administration.

[Liledgy]

Originally Posted by Slats Grobnick

Most of the examples given are not union jobs but administration.

Slats, EVERYTHING is the unions fault, including the sinking of the Eastland in the Chicago river, lol.

[chet everett]

Well since Kansas and Missouri are "right to work" states maybe the scare tactics of the DEMOCRATS who have the idiots in the unions believing that there would be massive wage roll backs are wrong...

[Sunbiz1]

Originally Posted by chet everett

Well since Kansas and Missouri are "right to work" states maybe the scare tactics of the DEMOCRATS who have the idiots in the unions believing that there would be massive wage roll backs are wrong...

Think I'll join the Teamsters, so I can be paid much more than I'm worth.
Little wonder why no city government can retain public works directors, they all resign in less than 2 years.
And the reason is always the same, they don't want to deal with the union.